http://www.charlespoulsen.com My Life, My Adventures, My Favourite Things Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:47:57 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Its been about two months since I last posted, and nope this isn't about the election, although I'm very pleased with the result! This is about my little trip I took there a couple of months ago. In August/Sept, I went on a work trip to San Francisco Bay Area, ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/11/hooray-usa/ Heres a couple of vids I took while Driving near San Francisco.. Driving across Golden Gate Bridge: And... driving down the worlds most crooked street, Lombard Street. And ... Riding the famous Cable Cars. This vid is a bit jittery, its pretty hard to hang off the side of a moving cable car, ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/08/videoblogging-san-francisco/ I've been sorta busy, and sorta not.. so its about time I wrote an update. In the interests of saving time, heres whats happened: Stayed and worked in Leeds for a couple of weeks. Leeds is a cool city. Lots of old buildings, good restaurants and clubs. Shame I didn't really ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/08/london-leeds-germany-usa/ When you get frisked by security in German airports, you stay frisked ... I flew through Munich to Nice (Southern France), then onto the Mercure Country Club.. its a very cool place in the hills near Nice, Cannes and Antibes. I was there for a training course, but it felt more ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/07/france-rocks/ You wouldn't think this is a normal thing to do in a place like London, and its probably not, but I did it anyway. Cheers for taking me Gus! Check out the video sequence which sums up the day. 1. Starting off... I suck 2. Pulling my head in, and making the call 3. ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/06/wakeboarding-in-london/ Don't fall asleep on trains. Especially in foreign countries. My first stuff-up was bound to happen. I had been out pub-crawling around London Bridge area, and since I was still recovering from the heavy night before, I pulled the pin and decided to go home. So I got on the tube ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/06/saturday-night-was-not-a-good-night/ Well I'm here in the UK... and its a long time since the last update! I finished up work in Australia, ran around like mad trying to organise myself, but I was slightly distracted by the good surf in my last week at home). Then I boarded Singapore Airlines to Singapore, ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/06/really-im-aliveand-i-made-it-to-the-uk/ Normally I wouldn't write about any old book I've read, but this is a special occasion. I had heard alot of things about Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts, and finally got around to reading it. Well today I finished the book, and I can honestly say its the best book ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/03/shantaram-best-book-ive-ever-read/ Well the trip is over. Heres the rest..We left Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) and took a bus to Chau Doc, where we stayed a night. From there, we were supposed to be on the fast boat to Phnom Penh in Cambodia. We got on the slow boat. It took ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2008/01/the-rest/ The trip has been great so far! Me and Skippy (Ryan) have taken lots of photos and some pretty good videos too. I will upload everything when I get some more time!We started in Bangkok for a night. Then we heading into Laos, where we started in Vientiane, then headed ... http://www.charlespoulsen.com/2007/12/se-asia-trip-highlights-so-far/